Workable Evangelism - A Focus on Evangelism
"Serving as a United Methodist pastor for many years and working in a variety of settings across the church, I realized more and more that the most important focus the church needs today is making disciples of Jesus Christ. In other words, our focus needs to be on Evangelism! Because I want to make this my main focus, I have combined three excellent resources together and developed one or two day conferences on Evangelism Training which I do at your church, district or confernece!" - Bob
Three Excellent Resources:
*My book, Needs-Based Evangelism (now in its third printing) -- a practical, attainable way that really works and you can use it to reach new people and keep them as strong disciples and leaders.
*TELL - This book is on how we share our faith - a practical and effective way in a highly secular culture that is loving and grace-centered, not arrogant and self-righteous.
*UMCom’s new “Rethink Church” campaign – In partnership with United Methodist Communications we use this new well-developed concept of learning to see your church in a new way and start being the church in the world, not just talking about it!
For the Workable Evangelism brochure, click here.
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For clergy and lay leaders: *One-day Needs-Based Evangelism training – meeting needs in your community, witnessing in an effective and grace-centered way, using hospitality, good communications, etc. *Done on either a Saturday or Monday - 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. *The training includes my teaching and many helpful materials. *My books on evangelism including Needs Based Evangelism and Tell will also be made available for purchase along with DVDs and a variety of materials for effective evangelism.
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For a local church: *Pre-meeting with church leaders to plan the event. *Speaking in Sunday morning worship and/or Sunday School to motivate. *Sunday afternoon 2-hour congregational training session. *Simple supper and fellowship time. *Evening 2-hour evangelistic planning session for the whole church to establish what they are doing, what needs to be done and who will do it. *Prayer circle to conclude. *Follow-up meeting with church leaders. *E-mail and telephone follow-up for two years to keep the plans moving forward.
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Upcoming Workable Evangelism Conferences:
*Evangelism Training - First UMC of Salisbury, NC (northeast of Charlotte) on October 1st. More details coming soon!
*Evangelism Training - Athens-Elberton District of the North Georgia Conference on October 18th (in process). More details coming soon!
*Evangelism Training - "TELL: Sharing your Faith" at First UMC of Brownwood, TX on February 11-12, 2012.
Dr. Bob Pierson is founder and Executive Director of Leadership Nexus. As Senior Pastor
of Christ United Methodist Church in Tulsa, Ok, he and his wife, Delia, served for 37
years, growing it from an attendance of 200 to over 1600. He also helped found the Large
Church Initiative of the United Methodist Church and served as its chairperson for 14
years.